We have a changing programme of temporary exhibitions which complement the Museum Collection and permanent gallery spaces.
Our exhibitions examine and reflect upon a range of subjects within the media realm through diverse means, from photography to the web, cult cinema to definitive television, historical documents to contemporary artists and interactive exhibits to audiovisual installations.
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Tom Wood: Photographs 1973 - 2013
8 March 2013 - 16 June 2013
Born in 1951, Tom Wood has spent much of the last four decades photographing the daily life of the people of Merseyside. Regularly walking the streets of Liverpool, and seldom without his camera, Wood continuously recorded the people he encountered with a rare and empathic insight into human nature.
Tom Wood: Photographs 1973 - 2013 is the first major solo exhibition of his work in the UK and is a collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery, London.
Find out more about Tom Wood: Photographs 1973 - 2013
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Bollywood Icons: 100 Years of Indian Cinema
8 March 2013 - 16 June 2013
Indian Cinema is 100 years old this year and we're hosting a number of events celebrating the centenary that followed Raja Harischandra (dir. Dadasaheb Phalke, 1913).
Bollywood Icons: 100 years of Indian Cinema is an exhibition, curated by Bollywood commentator, Irna Qureshi, telling the story of Indian Cinema using our Collection.
The exhibition is part of our 100 Years of Indian Cinema season, which also includes a series of Indian films during the Bradford International Film Festival in partnership with Virgin Media in April, and a family festival every weekend in May and throughout May half term.
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Life Online - [open source]: Is the internet you know under threat?
Level 7: Temporary Exhibition Space
A part of Life Online the Museum's exhibition space on Level 7 examines our relationship with the internet and how it impacts our lives. The temporary exhibition space will explore the shifting online world through digital art and interactive elements. The first exhibition is [open source]: Is the internet you know under threat? - an exploration of the open source nature of the internet and the current threats to net neutrality which could signify the end of this culture.
open: with no restrictions
source: from which something comes or can be obtained
The internet is based on an open culture of sharing and collaboration. The companies who provide access to the internet are proposing to change the way we view and pay for online content. Could this signify the end of the open internet as we know it?
Find out more about Life Online - [open source]
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Lee and Turner Display
Kodak Gallery
Recently we discovered two rolls of film in the Charles Urban collection given to the Science Museum 75 years ago by an important figure in early British cinema. They turned out to be examples of the earliest moving colour film process, invented by Edward Raymond Turner in 1899. This display presents a story full of twists and turns leading to the creation and restoration of the first colour films.
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Ray Harryhausen Display
Kodak Gallery: 19 May 2011 - 28 April 2013
Ray Harryhausen is a world-renowned master of stop-motion animation famous for bringing mythical creatures to life in films such as Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Clash of the Titans (1981).
We recently agreed to acquire Ray Harryhausen's complete personal collection including original models and artwork from his film career. Highlights of this collection will be shown in this small, themed display as they arrive.
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